A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group has provided fresh insight into the genetic landscape of Spain. The work, led by Ph.D. researcher Gonzalo ...

These spectacular stone structures represent some of the most significant depictions of the religious and funerary practices of an ancient society that drew on both its Greek and Persian heritage.

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex ... Most scenes in his tomb were destroyed, except for depictions of furniture carriers ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and the ancient hominins would have been able to gather edible plants in ...

Ancient "propaganda" that was used to support the Egyptian pharaoh who is believed to be a major character of the Old Testament has been spotted in Paris, according to an expert. Jean-Guillaume ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The ...

Sacred monastic texts lie stacked beneath depictions of many forms of the ... the kingdom’s numerous valleys and canyons hold many more ancient palaces and temples, each inhabited by its own ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor.

Instead of writing on clay tablets or papyrus, as other ancient societies did, the Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus. Only a few Andean villages have ...